billet

billet1
noun
  1. a place, especially a civilian's house, where soldiers are lodged temporarily
    士兵临时宿营地（尤指民房）
    ■(informal)a place to stop or stay
    (非正式)停留（或小住）的地方
    the young people's stay at each of their billets was short.
    那些年轻人在各自停留的地方待的时间很短。
(billeted, billeting)
  1. [with obj.andadverbial of place](常作 be billeted)lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house
    给（军人）安排宿营地（尤指安排在民房）
    he didn't belong to the regiment billeted at the Hall.
    他不属于安排在会堂宿营的那个团。
    ■assign temporary accommodation to
    给…安排临时住处
    the American team was billeted at Uxbridge.
    美国队被安排住在欧克斯桥。
派生
语源
  1. late Middle English (originally denoting a short written document): from Anglo-Norman French billette, diminutive of bille (see bill)The verb is recorded in the late 16th cent., and the noun sense'a written order requiring a householder to lodge the bearer, usually a soldier', from the mid 17th cent.; hence the current meaning
billet2
noun
  1. a thick piece of wood
    厚木料，粗木材
    ■a small bar of metal for further processing
    金属坯料，短金属条
    ■(Architecture)each of a series of short cylindrical pieces inserted at intervals in Norman decorative mouldings
    (建筑)错齿式粉刷线脚
    ■(Heraldry)a rectangle placed vertically as a charge
    (纹章)直立长方形图形
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Old French billette and billot, diminutives of bille 'tree trunk', from medieval Latin billa, billus 'branch, trunk', probably of Celtic origin
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